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Everett Smith served with the Headquarters Company, 187th Regiment, 11th A/B Division during WWII. This site is in tribute to my father, "Smitty."
GPCox is a member of the 11th Airborne Association. Member # 4511 and extremely proud of that fact!

Thank you!
That song always makes me cry. I was able to see Lee Greenwood on the 4th of July at Ft. Bragg. WOW, that’s an experience I will never forget! EVERYONE on their feet singing, cheering, shouting AIRBORNE, HUAH…chills and tears!
Blessings~

GP, Wow! Quite a response from your Followers! I knew I could count on you for a Veterans’ Day tribute!!!!!!!!! It means so much to all who have served! May all be well with you & your mission here. You hit the “Trifecta” with your three posts in a row of Marine Birthday, Veterans’ Day, & 100th Anniversary of WWI !!! Thank you!!!!!!! Phil

Thank you! Great tribute. As the cartoon says, you don’t have to explain to some, and others will never understand. I always look at your Farewell Salute and get misty. What a great Country we have because of those great people.

This brought tears. Thank you for this post in tribute to all of our veterans.
I appreciate you doing this, GP, and I know my oldest brother (who served in Vietnam as an 18 year old boy) would appreciate it greatly. 🙂
I am so thankful, and ever grateful, for all of our veterans, and for all of those serving us today! It just continues to break my heart that our veterans and those serving today are not treated better. 😦
Thank you for serving, GP, and thank you to all of your readers here on WP that served!
(((HUGS)))

I appreciate your feelings and wish to thank your brother for his service.
Personally, I feel our troops today are being over-used. Without a draft, those who do choose to serve bear the burden. Even in Vietnam’s age, we did not send soldiers into combat zones for 3, 4, & 5 tours of duty – medical problems are inevitable after that.

I’ve been thinking about that recently, because I heard a Navy Seal talking about exactly that… many are having to do 3 and 4 tours of duty in war zones. 😦 And he said 1 time is enough to really mess up your mind, etc. 😦

At this time of the year, every place I go, they ask all veterans to stand for recognition to show our appreciation. Last night it was at a Germanfest in Pittsburgh, tomorrow it will be recognition time at our annual Veterans Day Parade. The veterans certainly deserve our thanks.

Remembering all your Veterans and thanking them for all they have done to make Our Countries safe. Remembering American Service Men and Women today here in England, our Remembrance Sunday and all those Americans who so bravely came to our aid in our darkest days. A Gentleman aged 97 from San Diego, he had flown here during the War they interviewed him and then we saw him proudly march by the Cenotaph, very moving, he is coming back next year he said, God Bless him. Great Britain and America I hope will always be the Best of Friends. Take care of yourself. Anna.

Thank you for your Remembrance Day post! Too many people take it only as a day off and go shopping, forgetting that even the little pleasures of day to day liven would not be possible without the contributions of our veterans to the freedom we take for granted.

Just looking at the Farewell Sslutes today shows the many ways in which brave men and women served. Thank you for this post and for all the work you put in to prepare the information you share with us.

A heartwarming sentiment, GP Cox. In Brancaster, North Norfolk, the National Trust Coastal Group has secretively been preparing an impressive sand sculpture of a man who went to see and never returned. Stephen Hewitt will be drawn into the sands at low tide and washed away as the sea returns to Brancaster Beach today. The north Norfolk beauty spot is one of 32 beaches where people are being invited to assemble on Sunday, November 11.
Large-scale portraits by have been commissioned for an Armistice project by film director Danny Boyle, called Pages of the Sea. Good name, isn’t it? People attending will also be asked to join in by creating silhouettes of people in the sand, remembering the millions of lives lost or changed forever by the conflict.

Dina,
Thank you so much for your kind words and the story of the beach portraits. I hope a lot of pictures will be taken!
Remembering the veterans who are there to protect our freedoms deserve recognition every day!
All my best,
GP Cox